MetroBus

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[rogerw]

Up to every 20 minutes means that they may also be less frequent than that at times. They are quoting the maximum frequency

[grahame]

Up to every 20 minutes means that they may also be less frequent than that at times. They are quoting the maximum frequency

What are they going to do with the bus lane for the other 19 minutes in 20??

[martyjon]

Up to every 20 minutes means that they may also be less frequent than that at times. They are quoting the maximum frequency

What are they going to do with the bus lane for the other 19 minutes in 20??

From press release ;-

New service T1 will operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and every 60 minutes Sunday / Public Holiday daytime.

The route from Bristol will be via the M32, A4174, Stoke Gifford Transport Link and Bradley Stoke Way to Aztec West, then following the current Service 78/79 route to Thornbury Town Centre.

Within Thornbury, Service T1 will operate a one way loop, which will serve more of Moreton Way and will return directly to Thornbury Town Centre via Gloucester Road

Service T1 will start and terminate at Colston Street in Bristol City Centre and will not stop in Bristol Bus Station.

They're gonna use two of the remaining 57 in the hour for the re-routed Thornbury service 79 which will become the T1 and start from Colston Street which is effectively a cul-de-sac after all the upheaval and revamping in the centre and hope they've tested the feasibility of the buses to adequately perform a three point turn at the bottom of Colston Street outside the Colston Hall.

[grahame]

... and hope they've tested the feasibility of the buses to adequately perform a three point turn at the bottom of Colston Street outside the Colston Hall.

You'ld be surprised where they can turn a bus 

[martyjon]

... and hope they've tested the feasibility of the buses to adequately perform a three point turn at the bottom of Colston Street outside the Colston Hall.

You'ld be surprised where they can turn a bus 

Melksham station is a special place but did the driver manage it in a three point turn, I was thinking more of a turntable with a bus stop both sides so that when the bus arrives and terminates passengers get of at the terminal stop and the bus is turned so the stop becomes the departure stop and when the bus leaves the next terminating service arrives onto the empty turntable at a terminating stop and is turned so the terminating stop becomes the departure stop and so on and on and on ....

[Red Squirrel]

They're gonna use two of the remaining 57 in the hour for the re-routed Thornbury service 79 which will become the T1 and start from Colston Street which is effectively a cul-de-sac after all the upheaval and revamping in the centre and hope they've tested the feasibility of the buses to adequately perform a three point turn at the bottom of Colston Street outside the Colston Hall.

I'm all for criticising JustaBus, but let's not get away from the fact that the roadworks at The Centre constitute an improvement - it has been a hellish mess since they put the Inner Circuit Road through, so the upheaval of finally burying that was well worthwhile.

As for turning buses: I dare say they'll use the, er,  bus turning circle at the junction of Prince St and King St. Probably a bit easier than grahame's example!

[Bmblbzzz]

How do you make out Colston Street to be "effectively a cul-de-sac"?

[martyjon]

.... let's not get away from the fact that the roadworks at The Centre constitute an improvement ....

Evidently you are too young to remember how the Centre looked in the early 1950's

As for turning buses: I dare say they'll use the, er,  bus turning circle at the junction of Prince St and King St....

But how would they get there from Colston Street ?

[martyjon]

How do you make out Colston Street to be "effectively a cul-de-sac"?

Since they blocked of the exit from Colston Street onto Colston Avenue, Pipe Lane alongside the Colston Hall now being the exit from Colston Street at the Colston Hall / Colston Tower end of Colston Street unless the buses are going to use a Colston Street / Trenchard Street / Pipe Lane route to terminate in Colston Street. My guess is that the Barons at Metrobus HQ^▸ (Headquarters) have misquoted the terminating / starting point for M3 as Colston Street when they really mean Colston Avenue and expect us Bristolians to be mind readers.

[Bmblbzzz]

Buses, taxis and cycles can go along the full length of Colston St and turn left on to Colston Av. Unless they've changed it again in the last month or so. There's a sign there calling this a "bus gate", which might make a good description for the whole MetroBus project. 

[martyjon]

Buses, taxis and cycles can go along the full length of Colston St and turn left on to Colston Av. Unless they've changed it again in the last month or so. There's a sign there calling this a "bus gate", which might make a good description for the whole MetroBus project. 

I do apologise. I haven't been in the vicinity of the Colston Street, St. Augustines Parade, Colston Avenue junction since the reconstruction of the centre started although I have travelled by bus through Rupert Street and past the War Memorial then left across to Broad Quay and thence Prince Street. Have to take a walk around the Centre when I next visit Harbourside.

PROGRESS at Emersons Green. the bus shelter at the Emersons Green terminus was installed today, today cos I sore it being installed, No Information Point or Ticket Machine yet but Metrobus is slowly, slowly coming together at last after over 10 years in gestation.

[DaveHarries]

You'ld be surprised where they can turn a bus 

Yes indeed. Not just First who sometimes try and turn them in potentially unsuitable places.

One Saturday, a few years back, my boss asked me to go and collect a car from Redditch. However due to engineering works there were replacement buses in operation from Birmingham New Street to Redditch and the one I ended up on was a Scania Omnicity single-decker, of 12 metres length, from TWM's fleet.

At one point, while inbetween stops, the driver took a left turn just slightly before the one we should have taken and we ended up in a cul-de-sac. The result was a 20-point (at least! -  ) turn but, helped by there being a circular space at the end of the road, the driver got out of the cul-de-sac without damaging the vehicle. Most of the residents in the street filmed it but a couple did help the driver who, I presume, had his leg pulled for a while after.

Dave

[martyjon]

Timetable at -;

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/travelwest/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/m3-timetable-May-2018.pdf

[Red Squirrel]

.... let's not get away from the fact that the roadworks at The Centre constitute an improvement ....

Evidently you are too young to remember how the Centre looked in the early 1950's

Hey, you're arguing with the wrong bloke here - I wrote the Wikipedia article on The Centre.

To be fair, I don't remember it from before the '57 remodelling, but it stayed much the same for 31 years after that - a God-forsaken stinking racetrack with hideous over-manicured lawns and only regimented Golden Irish Yews to lighten the mood. Anyone who hankers after that probably is probably nostalgic about  rickets and diphtheria.

[Western Pathfinder]

And has there hands painted purple caus they got ringworm .